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grace, hope, and transformation FOR ABSOLUTELY ANYONE

We're convinced grace will revolutionize the world

Grace is giving someone better than they deserve. It’s what God has given us in Jesus, and it’s what we aim to give to the city around us. It’s God’s grace that heals wounds, that transforms neighborhoods, and that raises our hearts to the highest form of humanity. Grace can bring beauty out of ugliness, can reconcile all differences, and one day will be the rule and norm of the entire cosmos.

God’s dealings with humanity have always been colored by grace—He’s always given us better than we deserve—and the brilliant climax of His grace is seen in His Son Jesus. Though Jesus helped make the world and all that’s in it, He laid aside all His privilege to become like us humans. He changed us from the inside, transforming the very nature that is humanity by giving us direct access to God Almighty.

So we are a church that clings to grace. Our Sunday worship and our midweek hubs are devoted to embodying grace, every single week. We celebrate grace when we meet each other for dinner, as we raise our children, and as work in our everyday jobs.

We’re here for grace, which means we’re here for you, whoever you are, wherever you’ve been, whatever you’ve done. You are welcome here. We hope to meet you soon.

“I want you to meet the God who sees me, hears me, listens to me, and cares about me." Yes, God loves the outsider, the downcast, the outcast, and the loser. He loves the single mom, the immigrant, the unchosen, and the pagan. He sees us, hears us, and listens to us. He loves us.

Through prayer we realize that we have access to the Living God. He's close, and He's kind. He's with us, forever and always, good or bad, even now. An awareness of that will change the way we think of all our moments, from fantastic to terrible to mundane. Whatever happens—the Spirit of Jesus is with us.

Our God is thoroughly, powerfully, and gloriously merciful. Even when we don't deserve it, He's full of mercy. Even when we're only calling out to Him because we're out of options, He's full of mercy. Even when others might question our sincerity, He's full of mercy. It's who He is.

We live in a country where profoundly different points of view on race, immigration, economics, and other issues have resulted in deep division and discord. Yet the church is and always has been one. So what does it look like for us to be united today?

Sometimes we know what God wants, and we run the other way, as far as we possibly can, as if we might actually outrun Him. But even in those moments, God chases after us. The whole world is under His control, giving us every opportunity to see His goodness, nearness, and power all around.

The latest blogs

If you had to rate the quality of your prayer life on a scale from 0-10, with 0 being "my prayer life is non-existent" and 10 being "my prayer life is as powerful as Jesus' prayer life", what would it be?

With all the craziness that is the world these days, there are two cries I want us to repeatedly hear as a church: fight for justice, and fight for unity. We must pursue both unity and justice or we’ve forfeited both.

There’s a strong possibility John 7:53-8:11 wasn’t originally written by John. Nevertheless, I’m convinced the story is accurate and true, and I’m convinced it should be treated as authoritative like the rest of the Bible.

Paul is joining in the work of Jesus, filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions, and carrying both the life and death of Jesus in his own body everywhere he goes. And beyond Paul's claim that he can help Jesus with His work, he goes on to show throughout the rest of Colossians that we can too.

Christmas is the celebration of Life Himself entering the world to overcome the death and decay that surround us. So it only makes sense that Christmas should be life-giving, not soul-killing. The rest of the year might have dragged you through the mud, but you can still use your Christmas to seek restoration and wholeness. Here are seven ideas on how.

God becoming human is the central fact of the history of the world—if that’s the case, there are infinitely many reasons we could list to give thanks for it. Here are 48 of them to start off your Christmas right.

I hope that having faith doesn't depend on how I feel. If it does, I'm in deep trouble. My emotions can cause me to drift away from faith--from drawing near to God with the confidence that He rewards those who seek Him. My emotions are not always friendly to my faith.

There’s an enemy wreaking havoc in our country. It’s not Hillary Clinton, nor is it Donald Trump. Neither one of them has the kind of dominant power that this enemy possesses over us. This sinister ruler is deceiving. It’s lurking in the shadows.

Jesus doesn't abandon His disciples. His grace heals us again and again when we fail to follow Him. Wherever you’ve been, whatever you’ve done, Jesus has grace that’s strong enough to heal you. His inexhaustible grace is bigger than your guilt and shame.